Diverse Society MCQs (Chapterwise Multiple Choice Questions)

The square root of r2; it is a measure of association for interval-ratio variables, reflecting the strength and direction of the linear association between two interval-ratio variables is pearson correlation Coefficient

True

False

Answer & Explanation

Correct Answer: True

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Which pair of variables would be best suited for analysis in a bivariate table or cross-tabulation?

Favorite sports team, number of professional sports games attended since age 5

Race, annual income in dollars

Sex, age in years

Religious affiliation, highest educational degree earned

Answer & Explanation

Correct Answer: Religious affiliation, highest educational degree earned

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A distribution with a few extremely low values is negatively skewed distribution

True

False

Answer & Explanation

Correct Answer: True

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About 68% of all random sample means fall within ______ standard errors of the true population mean.

±2.58

±1.96

±1.00

±9.90

Answer & Explanation

Correct Answer: ±1.00

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Statistical hypothesis testing is a procedure that allows us to evaluate hypotheses about population parameters based on sample statistics.

True

False

Answer & Explanation

Correct Answer: True

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The within-group sum of squares measures the sum of squared deviations between each ______.

Group mean and the mean across all groups

Individual observation and its group mean

Group mean and every other group mean

Individual observation and the mean across all groups

Answer & Explanation

Correct Answer: Individual observation and its group mean

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A table showing the percentage of observations falling into each category of the variable is percentage distribution

True

False

Answer & Explanation

Correct Answer: True

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A point estimate is a sample statistic that provides an exact value of what a ______ might be.

Population parameter

Population statistics

Sample parameter

Sample statistics

Answer & Explanation

Correct Answer: Population parameter

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Regression sum of squares reflects the improvement in the prediction error resulting from using the linear prediction equation, SST (sum of squared total) − SSE (residual sum of squares).

True

False

Answer & Explanation

Correct Answer: True

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What distinguishes a linear regression equation from a multiple regression equation?

The number of independent variables

A linear regression equation is not linear

The number of dependent variables

A multiple regression equation is not linear

Answer & Explanation

Correct Answer: The number of independent variables

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MCQ on Basic Diverse Society	MCQ on Bivariate Tables
MCQ on Estimation	MCQ on Graphic Presentation of Data
MCQ on Measures of Central Tendency	MCQ on Measures of Variability
MCQ on Regression and Correlation	MCQ on Sampling Distributions
MCQ on Testing Hypotheses	MCQ on The Chi-Square Test
MCQ on The Normal Distribution	MCQ on The What and the Why of Statistics
MCQ on Variance Analysis	General Diverse Society MCQs